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Our May signpost has all the updates you're looking for!

This month we reveal local knowledge needs, celebrate new policy-relevant research networks, reflect on the newest Child of the North report & more.

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'Place2Be supports Centre for Young Lives and Child of the North call for mental health support teams to be expanded. Our Chief Executive Catherine Roche says: 'to achieve this, we need ambition, backed up with investment.”

Read more about the joint report here: bit.ly/3w7moRl

Co-chair of our APPG Emma Lewell-Buck MP is calling on leaders & policymakers to examine the inequalities uncovered in our latest report - which highlights the impact of child poverty on care rates & the financial pressures placed on services across the North

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It’s always good to see what happens after a workshop is over . It was a privilege to play a small part in this really important report . The Collective

Following our latest report with Centre for Young Lives on improving mental health with and through education settings, join us for a webinar in which the report authors discuss the findings and answer your questions. Register👇

📅8th May, 4-5pm

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📢 A new plan for the government to boost children’s mental health through the education system has been released.

Read the full story ➡️ socialworktoday.co.uk/News/research-… Child of the North University of Leeds Centre for Young Lives Anne Longfield DrRuthWadman (is ...)

Important piece on the two-child limit (distinct from the benefit cap - which should also be abolished) theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

An important report from Centre for Young Lives and Child of the North on children and young people's mental health 🧠

Recommendations include tackling the upstream determinants of poor mental health, and building safe and supportive environments 🤝

Thank you lucy johnston for highlighting the crisis in children & young people's mental health as we reported with N8 Research Partnership Child of the North this week. We need to be ambitious for children's wellbeing & reduce mental health conditions by 50% in 10 years. Centre for Young Lives.